I Need A Hero Vol. 4 {Peter Quill}

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Now that they knew how that their plan was going to work, they needed to figure out when and where to get the stones. The Avengers and Guardians were in a meeting room. Holograms were displayed of the various stones. Tony, Steve, and Bruce stood at the front.

"Okay, so the "how" works. Now we gotta figure out the when and the where. Almost all of us has had an encounter with at least one of the six infinity stones" Steve started.

"Well I'd substitute the word encounter for damn well near been killed by one of the six infinity stones" Tony remarked.

"I haven't" Scott interjected. "I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about"

"Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history" Bruce explained.

"Our history. So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in" Tony said.

"Which means we have to pick our targets" Clint added.

"Correct" Tony noticed that Gwen, who sitting beside her new best friend Scott, had raised her hand. "Yes, Quill?"

"What is that doing here?" she asked, pointing at Phantom, who was sitting on a chair in the corner. Her hands were now handcuffed behind her, and her mask had been removed from her face. However, the collar still remained on her. "Do we not remember that she tried to kill me by stabbing me in the stomach, while I was pregnant no less, and tried kidnapping my daughter?"

"What are you whining about?" Phantom jeered at her. "You're still alive, aren't you? And from what I hear, your youngest brat is fine as well. And her," Phantom glared over at Meredith. "I hate her the most out of all of you"

"Don't make me strangle you with a light tentacle" Meredith threatened.

"Again," Gwen was quickly becoming annoyed by Phantom's presence. She had no right to be here, so why was she? "Why is she here?"

"As part of her punishment, she is going to help us get the stones" Helena finally answered Gwen's question. "Father and Kamomile agreed with my decision"

Gwen looked at the two of them. "Seriously? You both know the first chance she gets, she's gonna try to kill us all"

"You see the collar around her neck?" Kamomile said. He pointed at her, motioning towards the neckwear in question. "That collar is designed so she can't use her powers. It also acts as a shock collar if she gets out of hand"

"Shock collar?" Phantom barked, which was then followed by a laugh. "This isn't a shock collar! You can't fool me! You've never once shocked me with it so why don't you---" She was interrupted when she was shocked by a small voltage of electricity. It was activated by the small device Kamomile had in his hand. It had various settings on it, each of which determined the voltage of each shock. "How dare you!"

"Give me that" Gwen smirked. Kamomile placed the shock controller in her open palm. Gwen decided to test out her new toy by pressing the button that activated the shock. Phantom yelped which caused Gwen to snicker. "This is gonna be fun"

"Are we done now? Can we focus?" Tony asked. Everyone became focused on the subject at hand again. "Good"

Steve spoke up. "Let's start with the Aether. Thor, what do you know?" Everyone looked to him. He was sitting on the chair with his sunglasses on so no one could tell if he was awake or asleep.

"Is he asleep?" Natasha asked.

"No, I'm pretty sure he's dead" Rhodey joked. 

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